Where does “longinquity” come from?
longinquity (English) comes from Latin longinquitas, from Latin longinquus, from Latin hinc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.
longinquity (English): length; Long distance; the quality of being far...
Definitions
- length; Long distance; the quality of being far...
Ancestry of “longinquity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | longinquitas | A length, extent; distance, remoteness; A long... |
| 2 | Latin | longinquus | long, extensive; far off, distant, remote; living... |
| 3 | Latin | hinc | hence, from this place; henceforth; because of... |
| 4 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | heic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |